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Humanitas. Literae. Fruges.: Humboldt, Empire, and Humanity in the Anthropocene
Alan C. Braddock
Description: Humans
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Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was a German scientist and polymath internationally celebrated during the nineteenth century for devising holistic, synthetic methods of studying plant geography, geology, and other environmental phenomena. After...
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Alan C. Braddock
PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art
Copyright© 2021, Terra Foundation for American Art
Related print edition pages: pp.42-63
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00289.2
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22196
Chapter subject tags:Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859HumanityGeology, Stratigraphic--AnthropoceneEnlightenmentImperialism

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Humanitas. Literae. Fruges.: Humboldt, Empire, and Humanity in the Anthropocene